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* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'': Shantae's transformation dances let her turn into various forms that she can use to get around in, like the monkey (able to climb walls), elephant (able to smash through obstructions), and mermaid (able to swim underwater).

But, sometimes, the form isn't applied by the transformed, or not even a power, such as GirlInABox examples, where the girl is just physically boxed up by some second party.

* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' parody arc of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has its own answer to the question of how a small flying-type pokemon can transport a trainer just because it knows fly. EGS being the kind of comic it is, this involves [[IncredibleShrinkingMan shrinking the trainer]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/gam-21 down to doll-size]] before carrying them. Meanwhile, the comic's version of the "surf" HM involves [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/gam-22 turning the trainer into a mer-person.

* Taken to extremes in ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', where the ''Heart of Gold'''s improbability drive causes the ship and everything in it to transform into random objects whenever the drive is engaged.

* ''Videogame/BloodstainedCurseOfTheMoon'': Gebel can transform into a bat for flight and added mobility.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'': Link can don various masks to transform into a Deku, a Goron and a Zora. Deku move at the same speed on land but can hover in the air. The Goron has a speedy RollingAttack that can cover distance extremely swiftly. And the Zora can swiftly move through water like a dolphin. In {{Speedrun}}ning, runners often use the latter two for movement options.

* * ''TabletopGame/FuryOfDracula'': Dracula's powers include Escape as Bats and Escape as Mist, both of which are used to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere end combat with the vampire hunters]], and Wolf Form, which lets him travel twice as quickly during the movement phase.

* ''Literature/{{Stardust}}'': Invoked. Tristan makes a deal with the witch Ditchwater Sal that she will transport him safely to a specific destination, but he fails to specify the condition that he'll be in for the duration; so she [[BalefulPolymorph turns him into a mouse]] for easy carrying until they get there.

'''Morgana''': For [[Anime/MyNeighborTotoro some reason]], "cats turning into buses" is an extremely widespread cognition among the general public.

* In ''TabletopGame/InNomine'', an angel with the Ofanite of Jean attunement may travel as lightning along any suitable conductor, including telephone lines. They cause damage at their entry and exit points, though....

* ''Videogame/LegacyOfKain'': As a vampire, Kain has the ability to travel long distances quickly by shapeshifting into a cloud of bats.

** ''Videogame/MortalKombat11'':

[[folder:Web Comics]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'': Florence Ambrose arrives at the spaceport in [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00004.htm strip #4]] in a package, wrapped and banded. A medical technician, reading the directions, is poised to insert Florence into a microwave oven for 30 seconds. One would hope the tech thinks to remove the banding first.

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[[folder:Films -- Animated]]

* In the ''Film/HarryPotter'' films, Apparation involves wizards turning into clouds of smoke ([[LightIsGood light gray for good wizards]] and [[DarkIsEvil dark black for evil ones]]) that travel to their destination, unlike the books where the wizard just disappears with a FlashyTeleportation sound effect, usually pops or loud cracks.

* ''{{Literature/Animorphs}}'': Whenever the team needs to go somewhere far off (and none of them being able to drive, [[DrivesLikeCrazy some less than the others]]), they morph into birds of prey. Similarly, they once acquired moles in order to get to the underground Yeerk pool, and sperm whales and giant squids to reach a derelict alien submarine.

* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'':
** Legend of the Triumvirate can travel at supersonic speeds by turning his body into living light, which also uses ambient energy to repair any injuries he's taken in his solid form, but impairs his ability to think.
** The white supremacist supervillain Purity has to enter a Breaker state in order to use her powers, which include flight.
** Grumman, first introduced in ''PRT Quest'', is a hero with Down's Syndrome who has two toggleable Breaker states, one that turns him into an immobile artillery platform, and another that gives him exceedingly maneuverable flight capabilities.

[[folder:Live-Action Television]]
* ''Series/Charmed1998'': Whitelighter teleportation, called "Orbing", turns the users into orbs of light that travel to their destination and reconstitute into the whitelighter.

* ''VideoGame/AVeryLongRopeToTheTopOfTheSky'': Saecelium teleportation applies a BallOfLightTransformation to the traveller, that travels to their destination then turns back.

[[folder:Webcomics]]

** Durkon the [[ReligionIsMagic Cleric]] uses the "Wind Walk" spell to let the party travel at high speed in [[SuperSmoke cloud form]]. This lets them fly and bypass anti-teleportation spells, but leaves them vulnerable to high winds.

RideTheLightning, for lightning-based travel, has a large number of examples overlap with this, due to their lightning travel be due to transforming into it, sometimes involving TelephoneTeleport.

[[folder:Fanfic]]

* In ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'', most Transformers will often travel in vehicle form and fight in robot form.